Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-14
BoLsrER1NG UP AFALLING CAUSE
Dissenting Democrats of Hardy Meet and
Resolve.


! Resolve.
Sperial Correspondence of 1Is Regtser.
Alta meeting of the Democrats OF Hard!
County held in the Court House, on Tues
day, March the 9Th, being the hrst Gay 0
the March term of the Circuit Court.
Joseph sprigg, Esq, called the meeting
TO order and nominated ]. VIM. Gllkesoi
for Chairman, and NJ. w. Gamble for Sec
retary. The meeting was addressed p'
Senator Flournoy and Delegate J. J. emp
lev. After these addresses, Mr.. SprigE
offered the following resolutions, preiaeint
them with few remarks. The resolutions
were adopted, only few dissenting VoiceS
being heard.
1st. That the power of appointment
pertaining to any Office is not a personal
right to be administered in the interest OF
to promote the reelection or advancement
of the individual holding it, but 1t Is .
public trust to be exercised for the beneni
of the people by faithful and honest dis-
charge of the duties of the office.
I'd. That the Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress are in no true sense.l.e
representatives of the people in regard 10
filing the Federal offices, but only in dis
charging the duties pertaining to the Leg
islative department; and their recommend
ations of persons for office are entitled to
no more weight than those of other cltl-
zens of equal character and intelligence
and means of information.
3D. That the time and attention of the
members of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives should be devoted to the
faithful discharge of the important legls-
lative duties devolved upon them by the
Constitution, for which they are paid.
4th. That the conduct of Senators
Canhlen and Kenua in leaving their places
in the Senate of the United States, while
in session and when measures of the high
est importance to the people were pending
before it, and for attending to which they
were appointed and paid, and going to
Charleston to instruct and influence the
members of the Legislature of the State,
in the discharge of the high duties COM
mitted to them by the people, for the
purpose of securing the reelection Of Mr..
Camden and remaining there-Mr. kenna
for days and Mr.. Camden for weeks, is
such an exhibition of faithleSsnesS to
public trust and such disregard of public
duty rs to deserve our condemnation.
9Th That the spectacle of the Federal
office holders in this State appointed
through the agency of Senators Camden
and Kcnna flocking to Charleston to in
iluencc and intimidate the members Of the
Legislature in the discharge of their duty
and to secure the reelection of Mr.. Cam
den to the Senate is humiliatiDg and dis
graceful, and we call upon President Clevc-
land to prevent its recurrence i'll the fu-
ture.
9th. That we condemn the conduct of
Senator Camden voluntarily offering and
sending, Us we are creditably informed he
did do, To Democratic candidates for the
Legislature, money to aid them in securing
their election, he being at the time cam
didate for United States Senator, and they
being the persons to decide whether he
should he elected or not, and then going
to Charleston to solicit the votes Of those
persons-whom he had placed or attempted
10 place under peCuniary obligations to
himself. This has SD much the appearance
of bribery and is so unworthy of the high
Office he has held that we denounce and
condemn it.
eth. That we cordially endorse the ac-
tiOn Of our Senators and Representatives,
in the Legislature who had the courage
aud independence to resist wrong and TO
do right.-That we were and are opposed
To the reelection of Senator Camden to the
Senate. and Senators FlOurnOy and Price
and Representative Chipley voiced our
sentiments by their action in the LegiSla
ture
sth. That we sincerely desire the unity,
harmony and success of tho Democratic
party in this State, Lut believing that can
only be secured by an hone I effort to re-
form the methods of political action and n
recurrence to the fundamental principles
of the party we do earnestly recommend
to the Democrats in every county
OF this State to appoint delegates
to ii convention to I've held in the present
year ut some time and place hereafter to
be designated TO consult rs to the meas
ures to be adopted to promote the future
harmony and the success of the party i'll
this State.
9th. That we recommend to the Demo
Gratis of this Senatorial District that they
appoint delegate from each county and
one from the District at large to wait upon
President Cleveland and lay our views be-
fore him.
10th. That these resolutions be publish
ed in the Wheeling REGISTER, Wheeling
IateHigrHcer, and ail the Democratic papers
uf this Senatorial District.
J. WM. GILKESON,
NJ. w. GAMBLE, Sec'y. Chairman.